Specialists at Mount Elizabeth Hospital

Mount Elizabeth Hospital

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Blood · Singapore

Dr Patrick Tan is a haematologist practising at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He treats diseases related to blood, and subspecialises in bone marrow transplant and transplant immunology, which is the transfer of cells, tissues or organs. Types of transplant immunology include sibling allogeneic transplant, unrelated allogeneic transplant, autologous (using own stem cells) transplant and cord blood transplant. Dr Tan is a pioneer in the field of cord blood and stem cell transplant. He performed the world's first successful case of unrelated blood stem cell transplant and unrelated cord blood transplant for thalassemia major, a rare inherited blood disorder. In 1988, Dr Tan was posted as special Fellow to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle, USA, to carry out subspecialty work in bone marrow transplant and transplant immunology. He was invited back to in 1991. Dr Tan was formerly the head of the Department of Haematology at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in 1993. In 1995, he was the chairman of the Chapter of Haematology at the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. In 1997, Dr Tan was appointed as the director of the National Blood Centre, Health Science Authority. He became the medical director of the Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Centre at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in 2004. In the same year, Dr Tan was appointed the first medical director of the Singapore Cord Blood Bank. Aside from clinical work, Dr Tan was also appointed as a clinical associate professor in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS.

Conditions treated

Bone Marrow Transplantation · Cord Blood Transplant

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Goh Ting Hui Angeline

Kidneys · Singapore

Dr Angeline Goh is a renal medicine specialist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. She subspecialises in kidney transplantation. She also cares for conditions related to kidney diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and urinary tract infections. Dr Goh has more than 20 years of experience in clinical medicine. She is well-versed in the use of immunosuppressants, and has spent over a decade caring for kidney transplant recipients and donors. Having cared for more than 400 prevalent kidney transplant recipients, she understands the need for regular monitoring to keep transplant recipients in good health. Prior to starting private practice, Dr Goh was a senior consultant nephrologist and transplant physician at the National University Hospital (NUH), where she was in charge of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT) programme. Under her leadership, more than 100 new living donor kidney transplants have been performed in the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation from 2013 – 2019. Dr Goh underwent advanced specialty training in renal medicine at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), and became an associate consultant in 2007. The importance of maintaining good kidney function after a transplant has led her to further develop preventive nephrology in her practice. Preventive nephrology is about preventing kidney failure, and is done through identification of urinary abnormalities such as blood or protein in the urine, and diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension. She has developed her own programme to monitor and advise patients on how best to maintain good kidney function to ensure good overall health. She strongly believes that good kidney function is a prerequisite for a healthy life. Dr Goh was a former assistant professor in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and external lecturer for the School of Health Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic. She was formerly in charge of the overall teaching schedule for renal medicine trainees in SGH, and was core faculty in charge of transplant teaching for the Nephrology Senior Residency Programme in NUH. She helped to train fellows from the International Society of Nephrology from Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Brunei, as part of the development of the Transplant Programme in regional countries. Dr Goh has been actively involved in research in kidney transplantation and has presented in regional and international conferences. She was awarded a Poster of Distinction at the American Transplant Congress in 2009 for her work, “Survival of Second Liver Allografts is Influenced by Anti-HLA Class I Antibodies”, and has published her research in local and international medical journals.

Conditions treated

Kidney Transplantation · Preventive Nephrology

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Kua Jieli

Heart · Singapore

Dr Kua Jieli is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. His specialty is interventional cardiology. He was previously a senior consultant at the National University Heart Centre and Ng Teng Fong Hospital in Singapore, where he led the post-myocardial infarction (heart attack) clinic. He is currently a visiting consultant at the National University Health System. Dr Kua graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was awarded the Academic Medicine Development Award and completed advanced training in interventional cardiology at Hammersmith Hospital, UK. He gained experience in complex procedures while kept updated with the latest research. Thereafter, he was elected as a fellow and honorary consultant at Hammersmith Hospital Imperial Healthcare Trust, UK. He has been practising medicine for more than 15 years. He has performed over 5,000 invasive coronary angiographies and percutaneous coronary interventions. Dr Kua has also managed complex cardiovascular cases including left main disease, chronic total occlusions and calcified lesions. Dr Kua was elected fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians, UK and the Asian-Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology. He is also an active member of the Western STEMI regional network committee and serves as the secretary for the PCI chapter of the Singapore Cardiac Society. Besides his clinical work, he is a clinical lecturer at NUS. His research has been published in numerous per-reviewed journals such as the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the European Heart Journal. Additionally, his findings have been showcased at conferences like the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, where he has also received awards for his contributions.

Conditions treated

Interventional Cardiology · Complex Coronary Procedures

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Wong Siew Wei

Cancer · Singapore

Dr Wong Siew Wei is a medical oncologist at Gleneagles Hospital. His areas of expertise and interests are in prostate, kidney, bladder, upper gastrointestinal and lung cancers. Prior to private practice, Dr Wong was a consultant medical oncologist at Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre (JHSIMC) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). He was also a visiting consultant medical oncologist for the National Healthcare Group (NHG). He graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia and then underwent training in medical oncology in Victoria, Australia, culminating in a fellowship in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Dr Wong holds a clinical diploma in palliative care from the Victorian Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Australia. While at JHSIMC and TTSH, Dr Wong was involved in multidisciplinary tumour boards in gastrointestinal, thoracic and genitourinary malignancies, and led a number of clinical trials. He has also been an invited speaker regionally. Besides his clinical work, he was the programme director of NHG’s medical oncology training programme. He also served as a member of TTSH’s drug and therapeutics committee. Dr Wong was a clinical teacher at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University. He has lectured at various oncology meetings at both national and regional levels, especially on the topic of genitourinary cancers, and given several public talks on cancer awareness.

Conditions treated

Genitourinary Cancers · Thoracic Oncology

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Lee Yuh Shan

Blood · Singapore

Dr Lee Yuh Shan is a haematologist at Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in malignant haematology such as lymphoma, leukaemia, myeloma and haematopoietic stem cells transplant. He developed his specialty in lymphoma at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland, United States, where he had first-hand experience in seeing patients under clinical trial with new oral therapy in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and aggressive lymphoma. He contributed to the development and incorporation of new agents in the treatment of lymphoma, as well as the development of investigator-initiated trials for aggressive lymphoma in the department of haematology at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Dr Lee worked for 10 years at SGH. He was the director of the lymphoma service in their department of haematology from 2017, and was the lymphoma lead at the SingHealth Duke Blood Cancer Centre (SDBCC) from 2018. He is active in collaborative works locally under the SDBCC and Singapore Lymphoma Working Group, as well as regionally for CLL. In addition, he is involved in many pharmaceutical sponsored trials and investigator-initiated trials, most of which focus on new agents in lymphoma and myeloma. Dr Lee is active in undergraduate medical training. He is a senior clinical tutor for the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS, and is an adjunct associate professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. He is also a faculty member of the senior residency programme in haematology at SGH. He is an active speaker at regional haematology symposiums especially in CLL/lymphoma. He also contributes to lymphoma support group and Singapore World Lymphoma Day. He has published in many peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals. He is also a member of SingHealth Institutional Review Board (IRB) and sat on several pharmaceutical advisory boards.

Conditions treated

Lymphoma · Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia

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Diong Colin Phipps

Blood · Singapore

Dr Colin Phipps is a haematologist practising at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals and Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in lymphoma and blood cancers, and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Dr Phipps received his medical degree from the National University of Ireland in 2002 and subsequently completed internal medicine residency and specialist training in haematology at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He was awarded the HMDP fellowship to pursue subspecialty training in lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation at the renowned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle. Dr Phipps spent 10 years with the department of haematology at SGH. There, he was appointed as lymphoma director in 2012 and helped build the lymphoma programme, later becoming the lymphoma lead for the SingHealth-DUKE Blood Cancer Centre, which brought together lymphoma teams from SGH and National Cancer Centre Singapore. He has overseen the management of hundreds of patients with complex blood cancers, including resistant lymphomas and those undergoing transplantation. He also headed numerous pharmaceutical-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trials that have allowed patients access to many novel treatments. Dr Phipps is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate training of young doctors in Singapore. He has held roles including postgraduate mentor and senior lecturer with NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, as well as MBBS examiner and assistant adjunct professor with DUKE-NUS Medical School. He has authored more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Transplantation, Critical Reviews in Oncology-Haematology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation. His expertise in the field of lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation has led him to serve as advisor to numerous regional and international expert panels and education programmes.

Conditions treated

Lymphoma · Blood Cancers

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Chiam Toon Lim Paul

Heart · Singapore

Dr Paul Chiam is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore. He is one of the few surgeons in Singapore with experience in performing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Dr Chiam subspecialises in interventional cardiology, and previously spent 18 months at the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York gaining hands-on experience in complex coronary angioplasty, carotid artery stenting, peripheral artery angioplasty, and structural heart disease (heart valve) interventions. He later spent 3 months training in intracranial angioplasty and stenting in the department of endovascular neurosurgery at the University of Buffalo. He graduated on the Dean’s list from the National University of Singapore, and completed his postgraduate Master of Medicine examination, where he won the G.A. Ransome Gold Medal. He is an adjunct associate professor at the National University of Singapore. He was the secretary general of the Asian Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology (APSIC) from 2016 – 2019. He was also a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Peripheral Vascular Disease Section Leadership Council from 2014 – 2017. Dr Chiam is well-recognised in the field of interventional cardiology, and has been invited as a guest faculty or speaker to major international cardiovascular conferences such as the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, and American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. He has also been invited as a case operator to conduct workshops and to perform cases during 'live transmissions' in complex coronary interventions, peripheral artery interventions and mitral valvuloplasties in Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan and China. He has published extensively in cardiovascular journals, and won the SingHealth Publish! Award in 2012 for a paper published in a major cardiovascular journal.

Conditions treated

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation · Complex Coronary Interventions

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Ma Li

Women's health · Singapore

Dr Ma Li is an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. Her special interests are endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, uterine fibroid, adenomyosis, ovarian cyst, sonography in endometriosis, advanced laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery. She provides comprehensive assessment using endometriosis mapping scan and up-to-date treatments for patients with endometriosis. She is experienced in surgery for complex gynaecological conditions and deep infiltrating endometriosis. She founded the endometriosis clinic at the National University Hospital (NUH) and was involved in endometriosis care in all aspects. Dr Ma graduated from Tsinghua University, China. She did her obstetrics and gynaecology residencies at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China, followed by NUH. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, USA. She has completed more than 1500 stage IV endometriosis surgeries, including bowel endometriosis, urinary tract endometriosis, endometriosis related infertility, diaphragmatic endometriosis and endometriosis in other rare locations. She has been practising medicine for more than 15 years. Dr Ma is also engaged in teaching activities, including surgical training for residents and minimally invasive surgical training for surgeons. She is also involved in raising awareness for endometriosis. She is the medical advisor for the Singapore endometriosis support group and founded endosupport.sg, which provides information on endometriosis to the public. She received the Incredible Care Service Champion award.

Conditions treated

Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis · Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery

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Hong Ga Sze

General surgery · Singapore

Dr Hong Ga Sze was born in Singapore in 1959. He was educated in the Raffles Institution, a premier Singapore secondary school. He went on to study Medicine at the National University of Singapore from which he graduated with Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery in 1983. His surgical training culminated in him becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Scotland in 1988 and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 1998. Dr Hong Ga Sze had by then acquired an interest in surgical oncology, i.e. cancer surgery. Under the Human Manpower Development Plan awarded by the Singapore Government, Dr Hong underwent post-graduate training in surgical oncology in the United Kingdom from 1991 to 1993. He worked as a Senior Registrar in the Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Christie Hospital, Manchester. Both are top UK cancer hospitals. While in London, he advanced his knowledge and research interests in cancer genetics by obtaining a Master of Science in Human Molecular Genetics from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, University of London in 1992. Dr Hong was appointed a Surgical Consultant in the Singapore General Hospital in 1995 and Senior Surgical Consultant in 1999. He became the first full time surgeon of the National Cancer Centre, Singapore in 1999. He helped develop the National Cancer Centre by holding the posts of Clinical Co-ordinator as well as the founding Head of the Department of Cancer Informatics. Dr Hong left for private practice at the Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre in 2001. Due to his interests in teaching and research he accepted an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery National University Hospital, National University of Singapore in 2001. Since 2005 Dr Hong is the Head of the KK Breast Unit at the Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital. The Unit was established in June 2005 and is the only Department dedicated to breast care in Singapore. In 2010, Dr Hong is appointed an Attending Faculty, General Surgery, Residency Program, SingHealth Academy. Dr Hong is a member of the Inquiry Committee Panel and Disciplinary Committee Panel, Singapore Supreme Court since 1 December 2003.

Conditions treated

Surgical Oncology · Breast Cancer Surgery

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Ng Zhi Xu

Brain surgery · Singapore

Dr Ng Zhi Xu is a neurosurgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. His subspecialties are spine and neuro-oncological surgery. He is proficient in open and minimally invasive techniques for managing a wide range of spinal conditions, including spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal trauma, fractures and tumours. Dr Ng also specialises in treating brain conditions, including tumours (meningiomas, pituitary tumours and vestibular schwannomas), vascular disorders (aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations), hydrocephalus, strokes and traumatic head injuries. He is experienced in performing craniotomies, neuroendoscopy and endoscopic transphenoidal surgery, stereotactic surgery, and non-invasive Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Prior to joining private practice, he was a former neurosurgeon at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), with an emphasis on spinal surgery. Dr Ng graduated from the National University of Singapore. He did his clinical training at the National University Hospital (NUH) and KTPH. He enhanced his subspecialty expertise in spine and neuro-oncological surgery through a 1-year clinical fellowship at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, UK. He has been involved in research and has collaborated with institutions including the National Neuroscience Institute and NUH.

Conditions treated

Spine Surgery · Neuro-Oncology

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Lee Ser Yee

General surgery · Singapore

Dr Lee Ser Yee is a general surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He is a dual USA fellowship-trained hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) and liver transplant surgeon, having completed fellowships in centres such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weil Cornell Medical Center. He subspecialises in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation. His area of expertise lies in minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopic and robotic surgery in the treatment of liver, gallbladder and pancreatic diseases and cancers. Prior to private practice, Dr Lee was a founding member and senior consultant at the department of HPB and transplant surgery at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He served as the director of the laparoscopic programme and the surgical skills training programme at the SingHealth Surgical Skills Centre. He started his medical training at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1996 and completed his training in general surgery, HPB surgery, and liver transplantation at SGH and National Cancer Centre, Singapore. He is passionate about training and education and was an associate professor in Duke-NUS Medical School and a senior clinical lecturer in NUS. He has also chaired and conducted many advanced surgical courses and has been invited to give lectures at several conferences worldwide. He has authored more than 150 scientific publications, including top journals such as Annals of Surgery, as well as written 2 surgical books and 70 book chapters. He has led research teams as the principal and co-investigator for several local and international clinical studies. He currently sits on the editorial and reviewer boards of more than 30 international medical journals. He is a founding member of the Singapore HPB Association (HPBA-S), Faculty of Surgery Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), Singapore Robotic Surgery Society, and the International Laparoscopic Liver Society. He also serves in the committees of the Chapter of General Surgeons, HPBA-S and the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO). Dr Lee believes that with his training and clinical experience, combined with his expertise in the principles and techniques of HPB, transplantation and surgical oncology, he is well positioned to tackle even the most advanced cancers. He also believes that each patient’s healing journey is unique and is best undertaken with the patient’s participation and engagement in formulating a holistic and comprehensive treatment plan. He is a recipient of several accolades, such as the National Service Excellence Award and the Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Star).

Conditions treated

Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery · Liver Transplantation

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Lim Keng Hua

Ear, nose & throat · Singapore

Dr Lim Keng Hua is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He has special interests in nose and sinus diseases, and allergies, with a subspecialty focus on rhinology and sinonasal allergy. With more than 18 years of clinical practice, he is also well-versed in managing both adult and children ENT problems such as ear infections, hearing loss, voice disorders, snoring and sleep disorders, salivary gland disorders and thyroid swelling. Dr Lim was a former consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), where he started the allergy and immunotherapy service to manage difficult nasal allergies and smell disorders. He continues to be a visiting consultant at TTSH. He obtained his bachelor’s and master's degrees in otorhinolaryngology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. Dr Lim was awarded a clinical rhinology fellowship by the Ministry of Health to train in Europe in the management of rhinology, endoscopic skull base surgery and sinonasal allergy. He was the lead ENT tutor and adjunct lecturer at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, senior clinical lecturer at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and core faculty member in the National Healthcare Group ENT residency programme. With an interest in inverted papilloma, nasal polyposis, chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis, Dr Lim has published in local and international journals, and has collaborated with several international centres like Beijing Tongren Hospital to improve the management of chronic rhinosinusitis. Dr Lim received a Clinician-Investigator Award for his work on allergic rhinitis at the 2011 Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress. He was the earliest doctor to use 5-Fluorouracil in the management of sinonasal inverted papilloma. He teaches allergy and rhinology courses and endoscopic sinus skull base courses organised by TTSH, Changi General Hospital, Singapore General Hospital and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He also teaches functional endoscopic sinus surgery and skull base courses in Thailand, and is on the panel of reviewers for the International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology and the journal Rhinology. Dr Lim is a member of the American Rhinologic Society, the European Rhinologic Society, the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Society (Singapore) and the Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery. He was an executive member of the Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Singapore. He is also a member of standard setting committee for ENT specialist exit exam at the Academy of Medicine.

Conditions treated

Rhinology & Sinonasal Allergy · Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

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Lee Ser Yee

General surgery · Singapore

Conditions treated

Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery · Liver Transplantation

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